Cost/utility ratio in chronic heart failure: comparison between heart failure management program delivered by day-hospital and usual care
Soccorso Capomolla, MD*,*,
Oreste Febo, MD*,
Monica Ceresa, MD*,
Angelo Caporotondi, MD*,
Giampaolo Guazzotti, MD*,
Maria Teresa La Rovere, MD*,
Marina Ferrari, NS*,
Francesca Lenta, NS*,
Sonia Baldin, NS*,
Chiara Vaccarini, MD*,
Marco Gnemmi, MD*,
GianDomenico Pinna, MS*,
Roberto Maestri, MS*,
Paola Abelli, MD*,
Sandro Verdirosi, MD* and
Franco Cobelli, MD*
* Fondazione "Salvatore Maugeri," IRCCS, Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Istituto Scientifico di Montescano, Montescano, Pavia, Italy
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Figure 1 Probability of survival among patients managed with different strategies. A survival function was used to estimate life expectancy and the upper and lower limits in the first year for day-hospital (squares) and usual care (circles) patients.
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